"Young Marshal, what did you say? I...I don't quite understand!"
Li Rui immediately began to stammer.
He knows perfectly well what he has done, but he would never admit to those things.
"Yuan Ye, come in!"
Feng Jiu called out to the door.
Suddenly, a figure walked in from outside.
It was none other than Yuan Ye, the Little Yama!
After Yuan Ye came in, he looked at Li Rui, shook his head and said, "Commander, you're confused. We have a blood feud with the Japanese. You shouldn't have accepted their benefits!"
"You're spouting nonsense!" Li Rui immediately roared, "Yuan Ye, you're a scoundrel! I stopped you from fighting Liu Yuning, but that was for your own good! I never expected you to hold a grudge and falsely accuse me to the young marshal!"
"Injustice?"
Yuan Ye shook his head with a cold smile and took out a yellow letter from his pocket. "This is a letter I intercepted on my way back from the martial arts competition. It contains information about your correspondence with the Japanese. Surely this can't be wrong?"
Li Rui's eyes widened, and he instinctively tried to snatch it, but Yuan Ye dodged it.
Yuan Ye presented the letter to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu took the letter, opened it, and said sneer, "Worried about leaving evidence, you used this most primitive way to communicate, but you didn't expect to be too clever for your own good. What can I say to you!"
thump!
Li Rui immediately knelt down, his voice trembling, and said, "Young Marshal, this is fake! This isn't real, this must be someone framing me. I have never betrayed my country or the Fengtian Army!"
"You won't admit it?" Lin Yu's lips curled into a cold smile.
Li Rui clenched his fist and said, "Everything must be based on evidence. I will not admit to things I did not do, and framing me will not work!"
Lin Yu nodded. "Don't worry, I've already sent people to the Japanese islands to collect evidence. I expect to have news soon. If you're not in a hurry, you can go and stay in the small dark room for a couple of days!"
"The dark room?"
Li Rui was completely stunned. That was the most terrifying place in the entire military camp, usually used to punish those who violated discipline. It was dark, filthy, and stinking inside. He never imagined that Lin Yu would actually imprison him in such a place!
He slowly stood up and said coldly, "Young Marshal, even if you are the Young Marshal, you have no right to humiliate me! I am a veteran of the Fengtian Army, and I have immunity. This was the promise the Commander-in-Chief made to me back then. No one but the Commander-in-Chief has the right to punish me!"
Beep beep beep!
Just then, the fax machine in the command post suddenly rang.
An adjutant picked up the fax, glanced at it, and said tremblingly, "Commander, a telegram just arrived from Fengtian. It's a military announcement! The Marshal has announced his retirement, and the Young Marshal will take over as military governor!"
"What?"
Li Rui looked at Lin Yu, his face pale, and instantly collapsed to the ground, as if all his energy had been drained away.
Lin Yu, however, was not surprised by this news at all.
Having already received the recommendation letters from the three marquises, Lin Yuanlong had long wanted to retire, so handing over the position to me was a logical thing to do.
"Young Master, no, no! Commander-in-Chief! You are already a Commander-in-Chief! I, Old Li, have risked my life for the Fengtian Army!"
Sizzle!
As he spoke, he suddenly ripped open his clothes, revealing a series of hideous scars to the air.
"Young Marshal, I was blinded by greed and did some wrong things, but I had no choice. My children are studying abroad, and my whole family depends on me..."
"This is no excuse for you to betray your country!"
Lin Yu coldly rebuked, "Countless martyrs shed their blood to build this country. We've only enjoyed a few days of good life, and you've already turned into a traitor! You don't deserve any forgiveness! As the military governor of Fengtian Prefecture, I absolutely will not allow a scoundrel like you to tarnish the reputation of the Fengtian Army!"
"Guards, drag him away! Lock him in a solitary confinement room for three days to reflect on his actions. After he confesses, use every form of torture on him!"
At this point, Lin Yu paused, then continued, "Faults are faults, and merits are merits. Considering your past achievements, I will not kill you, but for the rest of your life, you will completely lose your freedom and live a life of atonement!"
After saying this, Lin Yu walked out of the command post without looking back.
"Young Marshal, it is my fault for failing to manage my subordinates. Please punish me!" Feng Jiu followed with a look of shame.
The Floating Pagoda Army has never had a traitor in all these years, and Li Rui's matter makes him feel ashamed.
Lin Yu waved his hand, "It's not your fault. In a big forest, it's perfectly normal to have a couple of bugs! However, you are the deputy general of the Floating Pagoda Army, and you bear great responsibility! You must strengthen the supervision of military discipline in the future!"
"Yes! Don't worry, I'll have the Qing City Garrison properly dealt with! By the way, Young Marshal, what do you think of that kid Yuan Ye?" Feng Jiu couldn't help but ask. Clearly, he wanted his disciple to rise to power.
Lin Yu glanced at Yuan Ye in the distance, "He has the drive, but not the strategy. It seems a bit too early for him to want to take charge on his own!"
Feng Jiu shook her head helplessly. "This child, just like me, is a bit of a scatterbrain. But he's really a good prospect. Why don't you take him under your wing and train him for a while, Young Marshal? Let him serve you at your beck and call!"
Lin Yu raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? You don't want to serve me anymore?"
"No, no, no!" Feng Jiu quickly waved her hand and said, "Didn't you ask me to send people to the Japanese islands to gather evidence? Our people have already arrived, but Young Marshal, these brothers went there and overheard a Japanese conspiracy! This matter concerns the safety of all the people of our Great Xia! I ordered them to investigate thoroughly, but unexpectedly they've lost contact! So, I want to go to the Japanese islands myself to find out what's going on and bring the brothers back!"
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